Critique my potential new toy...

jaguar · 07-01-2001, 06:41 PM

*laughz, sycamore, most of my school knows this stuff off the top of our heads...

Hmm i have heard of some porblems with SBlives and via chipsets, but thats exactly what i have on the origional A7V (got this setup in January in Singapore) and i've had no problems with ANYTHING except...when i add an extra card the damn thing grabs IRQ12,which is the mouse IRQ and windows goes apeshit and refuses to load but i fixed that by locking the IRQ in BOIS. VIA has also released updates that fixed alot of bugs with compatability with the SBLive, particualry in PIC 4 or 5. I play too many games and I've never had a problem (Red Alert 2, Unreal Tounamant, Halflife, Quake3, Discworld, Startrek Away team, Commandos, Project IGI, Total Annihilation, Starcraft for starters....)

IMHO DDR ram for now is a complete waste of money, from what i've seen the peformance is just not worth the price with SD so damn cheap, (friend just got a 256Mb stick for AU$85!!!. US$40)
you may as well jsut get 3 of those of if your feeling excessive/want upgrading space a 512 stick would do you fine.

Other things to note is that make sure you get the latest VIA 4 in 1 driver/BIOS the difference is amazing. With Athlon chips there are 2 variations at any given speed, for instance the 1.3Ghz and the 1.33Ghz, the difference is that the second one supports the DDR/266 FSB, so looking to the future make sure you get one.

As for Reigion-Free DVDs the MPAA have put us all up shit creek by releasing new DVDs that check (i can't remmber how) that the player has a reigon, so avoid them, if you want go round the net looking for Firmware updates that allow you to change the reigion of the player as many times as you want, far better system (have to get one myself some time).

07-01-2001, 06:41 PM	#8
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	*laughz, sycamore, most of my school knows this stuff off the top of our heads... Hmm i have heard of some porblems with SBlives and via chipsets, but thats exactly what i have on the origional A7V (got this setup in January in Singapore) and i've had no problems with ANYTHING except...when i add an extra card the damn thing grabs IRQ12,which is the mouse IRQ and windows goes apeshit and refuses to load but i fixed that by locking the IRQ in BOIS. VIA has also released updates that fixed alot of bugs with compatability with the SBLive, particualry in PIC 4 or 5. I play too many games and I've never had a problem (Red Alert 2, Unreal Tounamant, Halflife, Quake3, Discworld, Startrek Away team, Commandos, Project IGI, Total Annihilation, Starcraft for starters....) IMHO DDR ram for now is a complete waste of money, from what i've seen the peformance is just not worth the price with SD so damn cheap, (friend just got a 256Mb stick for AU$85!!!. US$40) you may as well jsut get 3 of those of if your feeling excessive/want upgrading space a 512 stick would do you fine. Other things to note is that make sure you get the latest VIA 4 in 1 driver/BIOS the difference is amazing. With Athlon chips there are 2 variations at any given speed, for instance the 1.3Ghz and the 1.33Ghz, the difference is that the second one supports the DDR/266 FSB, so looking to the future make sure you get one. As for Reigion-Free DVDs the MPAA have put us all up shit creek by releasing new DVDs that check (i can't remmber how) that the player has a reigon, so avoid them, if you want go round the net looking for Firmware updates that allow you to change the reigion of the player as many times as you want, far better system (have to get one myself some time). __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

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